[ubuntu-uk] CPU temps

[Rob Beard]

Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> 
> On Thu, 2007-09-06 at 18:33 +0100, Rob Beard wrote:
>> Pete Stean wrote:
>>> hmm, I'm guessing here, but I would imagine one of those is *supposed* 
>>> to be CPU temp, the other is case temp - very unsual for them to be the 
>>> same, case temp is usually a couple degrees more. It looks like it's 
>>> reading the same sensor twice?? For instance if I run 'sensors' I get 
>>> 44c and 47c which I grok is ok
>>>
>>> Pete
>> If it's an dual core Athlon 64 X2 5000+ then surely CPU1 will be the 
>> first core and CPU2 will be the second core?
>>
> 
> I'd be very surprised if there were two sensors on the die, and if there
> were, they'd surely read the same.
> 
> My dual core intel laptop has one sensor only.
> 
> Cheers,
> Al.

<AMD fanboyism> Ahh I'm surprised, I thought the Intel Dual Core chips 
were just two single core CPU's glued together :-)</AMD fanboyism>*

I see your point, the cores are so close together, or one one bit of 
silicon that it probably would read the same.  Thinking about it a bit 
more, maybe it's some sort of configuration issue?  Dodgy sensors on the 
motherboard?

Rob

* Yep, I'm a self confessed AMD fanboy but I can't ignore the fact that 
them Core 2 Duo chips are very desirable.